COMMUNICATIONS GUIDELINES FOR THE 2022 ELECTIONS

Rec'd from Andrew Woodruff Lesch 6/27/22

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COMMUNICATIONS GUIDELINES FOR THE 2022 ELECTIONS

In order to ensure you do not violate state and federal election laws while volunteering please
observe the following rules regarding your communications activities leading up to the 2022
election. These restrictions only apply when using COS resources, including your COS email
account, your COS volunteer title, the COS mailing list, the COS Slack teams, and the COS
Facebook pages. We strongly encourage you to be active in 2022 elections as a private citizen
using your own resources. Find candidates who support your values and get involved with their
campaigns, then encourage your friends to do the same.

DO

DON’T

Do encourage volunteers to get out and vote

E.g. do say “make sure to get out and vote.”

Don’t tell volunteers who to vote for

E.g. don’t say “Re-elect our sponsor Sen. Patriot.”

Do encourage general political activity in a
nonpartisan manner

E.g. do say “make sure you get involved with
candidates who support your values.”

Don’t encourage political activity in support
of a particular candidate or party

E.g.

don’t say

“make sure you vote Republican.”

Do use your personal resources to support
candidates of your choosing

E.g. do post in support of candidates you like on your
personal Facebook page.

Don’t use COS resources to support
candidates or political parties

E.g. don’t post on the COS Facebook pages or send out
an email to the COS list for a particular candidate.

Do lobby candidates to support our
application

E.g. do ask candidates to pledge to support our
application if elected.

Don’t ask people to vote for pro-COS
candidates

E.g. don’t say “get out and support candidate Patriot.
He’s pledged to support COS.”

Do provide neutral, nonpartisan information
about all candidates running for a position

E.g.

do say

“Here’s a list of the candidates in your area,

check out their websites and get involved.”

Don’t give special treatment to particular
candidates or parties

E.g. don’t say “Here’s a link to Sen. Patriot’s re-election
page, check it out and get involved.”

We also have programs for candidate surveys and block walking. Contact your Regional Director
for information about running these programs in your state.

Questions regarding these guidelines should be directed to COSA’s attorneys at

**[email protected]**

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